




















!5°. 



■^ 










«> ^ 






,v 



4 o 



' .0 












-v..\> 






^>f^\'' 









off o o 



s;5°,*. 



-^^ 



5.V^^ 



/'v 



'>?^v 






V" /v- 









y^"x' 



1% 



0» i ' ' f '^ 






^ 






c•^^■ ,.. 



^''■'*-. 



^. 









-.0' 



,4 o. 



O. *^ 









.0" 



.^^'\ 



"<* 






< 






' ^<J-^ 






^^-^^^^ 









,^' 



,v 






,,*' ; 



-^ 


















'^-^ 



.^' 



^""^^^ 






« o - ^'' 



,«'^'% 



"""o 

o 



'^_ 









A 



^. 



^oV^ 









'^^. 



<s>. 



.^*^^- 






'^^ A^ 






< 



^^^ 
^ 



°<K\, 



^^^ . 



^^ 






»>*„ ^*^ 












■,% 



*0^ 



'^^ '?>''''" 






V* 



'^^ 






©¥%fi:fl;fOtf, 






\ 



\ r/-> 



\f. 



1^1 » 



//''^Ibi » '^'Cv!/ 



ray m m) "^^Sm; ipb cmry [^e. 

BY !H]VJ'i^\^AV[E[R 



VERSES BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE 



irR 



NEW YORK R. H. RUSSELL 

MDCCCXCVII 



icf or 



T5 3^^' 



Copyright 1897 

BY 

ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL 




Part First. 
THE DEPARTURE FROM THE FOREST. 

AT 7 HERE the light laughs In through the tree-tops 
^ ^ And sports with the tangled glade, 

In the depths of an Afric forest 
My earliest scenes were laid. 




T N a bower that was merry with smilax 
^ From the grimace of no-where, I woke 
I was born on the first day of April 
And they called me a jungle joke. 




A 



ND the voices of birds were about me— 
And the beat and the flutter of wing; 



While morning returned at the trumpet 
Of Tusky, our elephant king. 





A /TY nurse was a crooning old beldame 
IVX Who gazed in the palms of my hands 
And vowed I was destined to travel 
In many and marvellous lands. 



T) UT little I heeded her croaking, 
^-^ For I gamboled the whole day long, 
And swung by my tail from the tree-top, 
Or joined in the jungle song. 




(6 ^J^. --r 



v^^ 







THE SONG OF THE JUNGLE. 

The Elephant: 

Oh, I am the lord of the forest and plain ! 
The Lion, Tigers, etc: 

And we are the beasts that acknowledge your reign 
The Birds : 

And we are the minstrels that come at your call ! 
The Monkeys: 

And we are the jesters that laugh at you all ! 




( \ 



The Elephant: 

Oh, the jungle was meant and was made for my will 
The Lions, Tigers, etc: 

For the sport of the chase and the zest of the kill ! 
The Birds: 

For the beating of wings and the echo of song! 
The Monkeys: 

For gambol and grimace the whole season long! 





Chortis, All: 

Htcrrah ! Hurrah / Hurrah / Oh, yes ! 

For all of the tribes that be 
With homes in the tangled wilderness 

That never a man shall see. 



ft 




T3 UT, alas, for the boasts of the jungle 
^^ The men came among us one day, 
And one with a box that made music 
Enticed foolish monkeys away. 



^ I ^HE birds and the beasts of the forest 

^ Were mute at the marvellous song, 
But the monkeys crept out of the tree-tops- 
An eager and wondering throng. 



THE birds and the beasts of the forest 
Kept hidden and silent that day, 
But the monkey-folk formed a procession 
And followed the minstrel away. 



A 



ND thus did we give up the forest 
To dwell with our brothers, the men 



Farewell to the beautiful jungle ! 
'Twas long ere I saw it again ! 




-"V 




Part Second. 
THE WAYS OF MEN. 

THEN away to a far distant country 
On a drift that they said was a ship, 
And I studied the ways of my master 
And profited much by the trip. 



A 



ND we sailed to his home in fair Naples, 
Where I studied the language of men. 



And I sat on a bench with his children. 
But soon we went sailing again. 




A 



ND I made some nice friends on the voyage, 
And engaged in a pretty romance. 



I charmed all the ladies by climbing, 
And one of them taught me to dance. 




X /ET often I longed for the jungle — 
•^ Its song and the rustle of wing— 
And sometimes at night in my slumber 
I talked with our elephant king. 



A' 



<^7 cr 



jtf^J^ 



<o,mo\. 






^^\ 




/^^NE morning my master awoke me, 
^^ And, dressed in a gaudy new suit, 
I beheld the New World in the sunlight. 
And lifted my hat in salute. 



A 



ND then began troubles and trials — 

Through the streets by a string I was led ; 



Toiling hard all the day for my master. 
Yet oft going hungry to bed. 





\^^ 




T3 UT he sold me at last to a circus 
^-^ And my lot became easier then, 
So I gave many moments of leisure 
To acquiring the habits of men. 



T COPIED their manners and customs — 
^ I made of each fashion a note; 
And the children admired my performance 
And the ladies the cut of my coat. 




'tvs'c^s; 




13 Y and by I was sold to a banker 

Who was charmed with my ball-rolling feat, 
And arrayed in a Fauntleroy costume 
I passed all my time on the street. 




-—•-iiflii!' 




T3 UT alas for my plans of the future! 
^-^ He died without leaving a cent, 
And I had to go out to hard labor 
To pay for my victuals and rent ; 



TILL I met with a gentleman's valet 
Who was like me in manner and face, 
And I told him some stories that pleased him 
And bribed him to give me his place. 





^ I ^HEN I started to serve my new master- 

-*- A bachelor cynic was he, 
Who quickly saw through the deception 
And made a proposal to me. 



^^AID he: ''You're a monkey, you rascal, 
^^-^ And an excellent type of the brood ; 
Let's play a good joke on society 
By passing you off as a dude." 





^^ O he took me at first to his barber, 
^^-^ Who shaved me and shortened my hair, 
And the last tangled trace of the jungle 
Was gone when I rose from his chair. 




A ND then to his tailor and hatter— 
^ ^ His hosier and all of the rest, 
Till at night I was changed from a monkey 
To a chappie most stylishly dressed. 



A 



ND standing alone and reflecting 
I thought of the why and the how, 
* And I wondered what Tusky was doing 
And what would the jungle say, now. 





Part Third. 
THE BUTTERFLY WHIRL. 

TT was then for the triumphs of conquest 
^ Oh, then for the Hfe of the swell ! 
I dwelt like a lord with my patron 
In a suite of a gilded hotel. 



A 



N D we went out to plays and to dinners 
On the ladies he took me to call — 



And once we received invitations 
To a beautiful fancy-dress ball. 




'^T^WAS a famous affair and it won me, 
^ With its titter and tinsel and tune, 
For it carried me back to the jungle 

And the monkey-dance under the moon. 



^ I ^HEN I mingled with other diversions. 

J- I learned how to paint and to ride ; 
I cut a great figure at polo — 
The science of golfing I tried. 




A 



S a wheelman I soon became famous 
And made a great score on the track 



I was known as the king of the scorchers, 
With the typical bicycle back. 



^ f ^HEN a girl who was youthful and silly 

-*- Made love to me just for a lark, 
And came with an elegant turnout 
And took me to drive in the park. 





Ife .^ 




A ND I took her out boating next morning, 
^ ^ For the face of my charmer was fair ; 
It carried me back to the jungle — 

To the flowVs that were blossommg there. 




T)UT soon, in the midst of my pleasure, 

In the glow of a roseate dream, 
The boat struck a rock and tipped over 
And tumbled us both in the stream. 



T^HEN, ho, for the skill of the jungle ! 

^ The deftness of foot and of hand ! 
For I hung from a limb and I saved her 
And drew her at last to the strand. 








A ND then to her home I went proudly 
^ ^ To claim the fair maid for my own, 
But her father demanded a title, 

And hardened his heart like a stone. 



AND now came the death of my patron, 
^ That left me alone in the strife, 
And yearning once more for the jungle, 
I turned to political life. 



Part Fourth. 
THE RETURN PATH. 

^ I ^HEN I studied a week to gain knowledge, 

^ And waded through volumes of stuff, 
And I found that the only requirements 
Were cunning and blarney and bluff. 



A 



ND these I had brought from the jungle 
Inherited straight from my race — 



With a gift for political music 
And a truly political face. 






('X 

u^ 




'^ I ^H US feeling at home In my labors, 
^ My plan was successful, of course. 
And when they came round with appointments 
They gave me a job on '*the force.*' 




A 



ND such was my skill as a roundsman, 
And talent In keeping the peace, 



That I rose In a year to be Captain, 
And then to be Chief of Police! 





A 



ND then, as my years were advancing, 
So great was their honor and trust, 



That they twined me a chaplet of laurel 
And sculptured in marble my bust. 




\/^ET often I dreamed of the jungle — 

^ Its song and the rustle of wing — 
And sometimes still talked in my slumber 
With Tusky, our elephant king. 



A ^ AHEN, lo, my political party, 

That now was in power and supreme, 
Conferred a most noble appointment 
That realized all of my dream. 



^^^^^' 








I "OR they made me their African envoy, 
-^ And soon I went sailing again, 
To meet my old playmates and tell them 
The ways and the customs of men. 



^ I ^O calm the dusk native, and gather 

^ My people in sun-haunted nooks 
To tell them my story, and teach them 
The wisdom that cometh of books; 




npHE words and the ways of their fathers. 

And deliver my race from its ban, 
For man did not spring from the monkey, 
But monkey descejided fro77i man! 




If i 



* O II o ^ .-ft'' 




^^''•^ ^^, 




^. 






* o „ o ^ , ■?, 






? '-^ 



Mo 






*. 









T^ 




<<, 
















^O 



-^^ 



* • 1 1 ^'^ 






•^v ->: 



"<?• 






0^ 



'^'^^n-^ 













i-^ /^ ' 



Aa^ .^ 




% <^ -% 










\j » * * ». 

^ . fi 5-. 



^<^ 






'->' "<" ".'''^^"^^ 



&' 



.0 V- 



• ^0 












.v" 



5^ V^' 

o > 






■^^ 









rf. 



1« 










A 



o^ -.M."* ^o 






^ - J BOOKBINDING fl oi^ 

> ' ffl .^°^^D*c 1988 • a '^- 

f\* * * * r "^!^ 






V" •!.* 



<3 O . 



V 






v^ -i\ 



